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本帖最後由 51coin 於 2013-6-20 03:33 編輯
保加利亞新政府選舉剛結束5周,數萬民眾就開始呼籲職業政客下台。
the incompetent 「expert」 government steps down
「Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has apologised for a political appointment that plunged his three-week-old government into crisis.」 BBC 2013 6 19
Thousands of Bulgarians protest poverty, corruption

Tens of thousands of Bulgarians have staged massive nationwide protests against poverty, high energy bills and corruption.
On Sunday, under the motto 「Let』s Set the Monopolies on Fire,」 huge number of people took to the streets of different parts of the country, including the capital Sofia and shouted "coward," "mafia," "we are hungry," and "we also want EU financing.」
An estimated 20,000 people gathered in front of the parliament and the central bank to voice their frustrations.
"Where is Boyko? Playing football as he always does on Sundays? His country is on fire, but firefighter (which is Borisov's profession) number one is nowhere to be seen...," said one of the protest leaders Yanko Petrov.
Demonstrators also called on Chief Prosecutor, Sotir Tsatsarov, to initiate proceedings against every person, who is guilty of plundering the country since the fall of the Communist regime in 1989.
Huge rallies have also been reported in the country』s second largest city of Plovdiv, in the Black Sea capital Varna, where 40,000 swamped the main boulevards and in several other towns across the nation.
This comes while outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov resigned on February 20, after massive protests against high bills for electricity and heating.
Bulgaria has been hit by massive demonstrations since January 28, when people began protesting against the high energy bills for December 2012.
As the residents of the European Union』s poorest member, Bulgarians have to allocate a big part of their monthly income, which averages just 400 euros ($530) a month to electricity bills, especially in the winter.
Press TV
What』s happening in Bulgaria? We need your support!
by Georgi Marinov on June 19, 2013
If you had 24 years to change and refine a country』s policies, would you twist those to your benefit? Bulgaria』s corrupt politicians most certainly did.
By Georgi Marinov, originally published on Medium.
At first glance, beautiful Bulgaria has a lot of democracy going on — laws, elections, a parliament, a president, markets, EU membership, free will, the works, we have it. Look from the outside, and it』s clearly there. The inside of this strange hologram, though, feels very different, especially if you』re a Bulgarian.
Get the gist? I』ll bet you a fiver that you』re not getting the scale.
People are out in the streets, protesting. All major cities — Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas — six days and counting, tens of thousands of Bulgarians rallying for change, demanding that the incompetent 「expert」 government steps down, and that parliament is dissolved.
We demand our dignity back.
If you had 24 years to change and refine a country』s policies, would you twist those to your benefit? Bulgaria』s corrupt politicians most certainly did.
By Georgi Marinov, originally published on Medium.
At first glance, beautiful Bulgaria has a lot of democracy going on — laws, elections, a parliament, a president, markets, EU membership, free will, the works, we have it. Look from the outside, and it』s clearly there. The inside of this strange hologram, though, feels very different, especially if you』re a Bulgarian.
Get the gist? I』ll bet you a fiver that you』re not getting the scale.
People are out in the streets, protesting. All major cities — Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas — six days and counting, tens of thousands of Bulgarians rallying for change, demanding that the incompetent 「expert」 government steps down, and that parliament is dissolved.
We demand our dignity back.
Fat chance, says the Prime Minister.
General elections were just five weeks ago. Today, the majority of voters are no longer represented in Bulgaria』s worse-than-hung parliament. One quarter of voted candidates did not make the cut to begin with, the party with the most votes (thirty per cent) just announced they will no longer attend sessions; and another seven per cent of voters saw their party』s leader U-turn on all promises upon entering parliament. Sum: 62%.
Sound like injury? How』s this for an insult: last Friday, media mogul and MP with a shady past, Delyan Peevski, was appointed chief of Bulgaria』s State Agency for National Security. That happened in a rush, without debate, and after re-tailoring the law to make him a suitable candidate. He was nominated, voted, and sworn in, in one afternoon.
ДАНС (say 「dance」) is kind of like the NSA, only smaller. Yet, much like the NSA, they too can listen in on communications. Imagine what happens when the (top-level access clearance) head of the agency is a politician?
Not to get carried away in allegations, here』s the facts:
Peevski has considerable wealth. He was investigated for corruption in 2007, and there』s a 2002 photo of him hanging out with Iliya Pavlov — a wealthy 「businessman」, who was shot with a sniper rifle a few months later that year. For the record: business people do not get sniped in Bulgaria.
Things are, to use a technical term, fucked up.
I wish I could tell you how many of these we』ve had over 24 years, and what it has done to the country. For those now out in the streets, that was merely the last straw. A wreck of an expert government, not hiding their ties to corruption and organised crime, two weeks after they were sworn in? No one is having that anymore.
Peace in protests is a fragile thing. So far, the crowd has managed to keep an incredible cool (not quiet!). But one has to wonder for how long? All it takes is one person, paid to provoke the police and spark clashes. Yesterday the police detained nine people, knives and all.
Who needs another Gezi?
Help us! We』re trying our best to get people talking, and to get international news outlets to report in more detail on this. So far the BBC merely mentioned 「a crowd of protesters」 (no real report though), we got a dry nod from Reuters, a brief article on Euronews, and one on Fox. It』s a start, right?
History says our politicians don』t listen, unless the world is watching.
And for all the protests, the world doesn』t seem to notice yet.
Beliefs are brittle in Bulgaria and they don』t hold for long.
What to do:
If, like me, you feel strongly about this, then:
Tweet with #ДАНСwithme , share this post, help raise awareness.
Blog about it. Foreign opinions are awesome! They keep us going.
Criticise our government. They are monkeys and deserve it.
Just don』t look the other way, until Sofia is in flames. |
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